Tire



Faien ied Aug, 28, 1923.

HENRY c. FITCI-I, OB 1m1vros. 01=r10;

'I'IRE.

Application filed Mary 5,

T0 all w/zom vlt may concern Be it known that I, HENRY C. FI'ICH, a citizen f the -Unitecl States, resicling als Demos, in the'county 0f Belmonttate of Ohio, have inventecl crtain new and useful Improvements in Tires; ancl I clo hereby cleclare the following to be a full, clear ancl exact description of the invention, su'ch as Will enable qthers skillecl in the art to which it appertains t-o make and use the Same.

This invention rel-ates to neW and useful improvemehts in vehicle tir'esQ One objec't 0f the invention is t0 provicle a tire which Will be possessed 055 great resiliency, ancl Which Will be capable ofeasy ancl quick application t0 ancl removal fr01n a mm.

irnotherobject is to provide a. tire of this character which Will remain firmly seatecl in*the rim, anal WhlCll Will be permittecl freeclom 0f resilient moVement, in all'di-* rections, without cl-anger of the tire becon1 ing detwchecl from the rim.

Other objects ancl aclvantages Will be zupparent from the following description when taken in connec'tion with the accompanying clrawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through a portion ofa tire macle in accorclance with the invenoiori, showing it appliecl t0 a rim, the balls being in ele: vation.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse seccional view through the tire, showingit appliecl t0 a rim, the balls being in elevation.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the body of the tire, which is preferablyformecl from sglicl resilien-b rubberand Which has a circumferential bore extencling throug'hout theen- 1922. Se1ial N0. 558,612.

tire length thei"e0f, thesame being arranged i1 1 the inner portion cf the faire, 'of that port1on which engages the groove ofthe rim 12.

A coil spring 11 is disppsed within the lobre,

tire to be appliecl' 0r rem ovecl vvith a roll ing motion, over the flange of the frim. Khan thus appliecl to the rim, the stiflnesS ofthe spring Will firmly holclthe tire zigainst displacement. The tire is also capable 0:"

lateral flexi ng moVemen't on the'rim, with- OL'UC clzmger 'of displzicement.

sVlmt is claimed is:

preferaloly solicl The comb-ination Wih'a "Wheel rim of a faire comprising ars0licl resilient body having a circumferenti'al bore tl1roughout its entire length, said b0re being formecl in the rim bore und length there'of, the base 01" said coil spring restingi1pon the rim, th resilien't booly coveringthe entire balance of the spring, ancl a sries of resilient spheres disposed within V the C0ils'0f fihe spring{the tire heilig firmly clisplaceznent by ohe stiflness held against of the spring.

.-In test-imony hure, in the presence of t wo W1tnesses.

1 HENRY C. FITCH. W'inessesp A. BOVENIZER,

LELAND BOVENIZER.

extending engaging portion of 'the tire, a coil sp'ring clisposecl within th e extending thrughout the entire.

whereof, I' aflix my signai' 

